Hello, this is a really good question! When we say "and yet" we're talking about contrast. You can think of "but" or "however" as alternative words. "She prepared a big dinner party, and yet no one was hungry." (She prepared a big dinner party, but no one was hungry.) "He studied day and night, and yet he couldn't remember the math formulas." (He studied day and night, however he couldn't remember the math formulas.) These show someone working hard to reach a goal, but the end result was the opposite. I see this in poems sometimes, for example "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats. Here, you can see only "yet" but it has the same meaning as "but" or "however". With your second example, do you mean sentences like "I didn't brush my hair yet" or more like "This song isn't over...yet." Maybe implying that this song feels like it's 10 minutes long and going on forever?
@@ConversationCompanionEnglish For my second ".....yet" like this sentence " I don't like seafood, yet I like the smell of Susi". Is that the same as "and yet" that you've explained me?
Yes, that's also a contrasting sentence. Just like with lemons and vanilla, they smell incredible, 'yet' we wouldn't eat a whole lemon. Thank you for that question, it's important to learn this way of using 'yet' as well. Most people would use 'but', but 'yet' and 'however' are perfectly correct here too. I don't like seafood, yet I like the smell of sushi. I don't like seafood, but I like the smell of sushi. I don't like seafood, however I like the smell of sushi.
Yes people say it like this as well, but it's REALLY not often. I would say, it's mostly used in poetry or other written stories, but people don't speak it this way often much at all.
I found it's more tricky about context the "yet" being used anyway. What about those clauses as followed. "I do yet to get my certificate" or "I seek yet to address the issue" or "That must be the taxi yet". There is no negative signs in then but for the "yet" itself. But I observed sort of them quite often in many kinds of texts from official to more familiar ones.
Yes this form: "I have yet to receive payment" for example is not exactly "modern" English anymore. People DO still say it but in an ironic or sarcastic way (at least in American English I'm not sure about British English). I haven't seen an example like the taxi sentence you wrote; did you hear it in a movie or read it in a book?
@@ConversationCompanionEnglish The phase about taxi is from the dialogue text book. Well, I took it like if "yet" is to be used "not" is not applied necessarily, just for better expression. "Yet" implies "not" itself.
@@ConversationCompanionEnglish Having read your answers to "@I_am_ on_theSky" struck me to change my mind into that "yet" may be congruent with "but" and "however" rather than associated with negative sentence anyway.
@@КонстантинКоньков-я1п I can see that too but a negative sentence here, means a sentence using "not". Positive or affirmative sentences are without "not" like "I have a cat". A negative sentence would be "I do not have a cat." I hope this helps!
Why not "still" together with yet and already. Had you included stil for today's plan it would have been even more satisfying for the interested viewers.
I posted 'still' before this video and I originally planned to do them together but I realized really quickly that the video would be over 40 minutes and I'm not so good at editing yet:( So for the sake of time and my sanity, I had to split them haha. Sorry for the split though:(
Hello good morning. I do not yet but that would be a great idea! I'll look into it; maybe I can start reading stories there an you can listen along...but no singing I absolutely cannot sing haha.
I will definitely do that if I can make an account and I'm allowed to upload. That would be a lot of fun. I'll do it over the weekend and let you know if it works out!
I made a video about it couple of weeks ago:) I like to remember it like "A"ction for "A"ffect and "E"nd result for "E"ffect. The mean lady affects my mood and the side effect of the medicine is fatigue. I just double checked and it's part 6 in this series. Enjoy!
I don't usually comment on videos on RU-vid, but I have to admit that this is the first time that I fully understand the present perfect notion. Thank you 🎉
Hello. I'm really happy it helped! If you need help with other words, let me know and I'll be happy to explain. Next week will be about "just" and "only". See you then:)
